The tags "[NI2]" and "[NI3]" are standard notation in the NPL; they
indicate words that are in Merriam-Webster's
second/third New International Dictionary but not
in their current Collegiate Dictionary.

Lights, Camera, Redaction

by Kevin Wald

I wrote this puzzle for the 2002 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
at Stamford. Given that it was the 25th annual tournament, and given
En's stunning victory the previous year, it's no wonder there were
people filming documentaries there. They were even trying to interview
the Across answers in this puzzle. However, they had to spend a lot of
time in the editing room, because one third of those answers hid their
faces from the cameras, while another third got really hammy; the
remaining third behaved normally, because they have a clue (complete
with enumeration). The final answer is a term appropriate both to
the theme of this puzzle, and to that particular tournament.

Altered entries include one NI2 word and one NI3 word (both
10C-inferable), and one alternative spelling.

ACROSS

1. King leaves raincoats for some duffers
6. At no time is Ms. Campbell right
9. And I put it all wrong, being prone to cliché
11. Roosevelt has a barn demolished
13. Shining tin I'd shaped
14. Helps muscular group to capture alien
16. Discussed giant woodsman's foot problem
18. The author's mostly vacuous
20. Gets white sandy regions to surround lake
22. Said boy is the star of High Noon?
25. We Oaklanders train a notoriously sneaky animal
27. One guy is beheaded
28. Once-living rock that's gotten red!
31. About what's next to do
32. Outward appearance of the Big Kahuna?
33. Go around with cad
34. Five hundred dollars, to start with
35. Freight vehicles steer around impeding obstructions